Trained Cheetah
Creature — Cat
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $10.32
- EDHREC rank
- #30843
Trained Cheetah is a 3/1 for 2G that gains trample whenever you have more cards in hand than an opponent — a conditional but achievable bonus on a body that trades up in combat. It's a fine inclusion in hand-size-matters builds and little else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Trained Cheetah is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the realistic home is Commander, where hand-size manipulation is a recurring archetype. In Legacy and Vintage, a 3/1 for three mana with a conditional keyword doesn't clear the bar — those formats have no interest in it. In Commander, Trained Cheetah slots into decks that actively maintain a large hand, such as those built around Reliquary Tower effects or commanders that reward card accumulation, but it competes with creatures that generate value rather than just threaten damage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Trained Cheetah's niche is trample conditional on hand size, and most decks that want that effect can find it on creatures that also do something else — Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar scales its power and toughness with hand size and has trample built in, making it a strict upgrade in green decks willing to spend a bit more. If the goal is simply an efficient early green body, Questing Beast packs trample plus significantly more text for a comparable price point.
Price Context
Current price
$10.32 mid tier
At $10.32, Trained Cheetah sits in the mid tier, which is a hard sell for a card with no competitive demand and narrow Commander appeal. That price almost certainly reflects low print run or collector curiosity rather than gameplay demand, and there's little reason to expect it to move based on how the card actually plays.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.